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Renaissance/Marriott - Sao Paulo - now double priced
 

I have stayed at this hotel for many years. The prices in the past reflected the nice hotel it is.

This year, the daily prices have doubled or more.

Does anyone have a clue why the prices for this hotel have increased so much?

Let us not forget, there is a financial downturn in Brazil. That would seem to make hotel prices reduce rather than double in price.

Did you end up staying at the Renaissance? We have a trip planned in early October to Sao Paulo.

Yes we stayed here. Definetely enjoyed our stay

The Renaissance, where they stayed in Sao Paulo, is a wonderful hotel located in a very good area of Sao Paulo.. I have stayed there many times over the years.

Their room rates have increased a lot for some unknown reason but I still like the hotel.

Even though the hotel rates have increased,. the exchange rate for the dollar has also increased in our favor to around five and one-half of Brazilian money to one dollar of American money. This favorable exchange rate helps offset the unexplained high rates at the hotel.

If you are going to be in Sao Paulo for several days, you might want to walk over to the MASP, the famous art museum in Sao Paulo. It is an excellent museum. It is about five blocks from the hotel. You walk out of the hotel and go one block to Avenida Paulista then turn right on Paulista and walk just a few blocks. You will see the museum from a distance because it is elevated and has an odd redish color which can be seen for a few blocks. Even the late Queen Elizabeth of England visited this museum.

There are many things to see in Sao Paulo. Restaurants are fine. One of my favorites is Familia Mancini. However, you would need an Uber to get there from the hotel.

Enjoy my home away from home.

Here is a link to MASP and a short bit of history about the museum. -

Just finished a 3 night here while visiting the local office. The hotel is in the Jardin Paulista area is appears to me to be centrally located about an hour from the main airport and 20 minutes from the city airport of light traffic.

arrived and found that multiple crews stay here. Delta, British Airways were a few that I saw uniforms roaming the front lobby.

upgrade to a Madison suite which was essentially a corner room (one of each corner of the floor). Based on the floor plan, room is about twice the size of the standard room. It is just one big room. Room was nice and big and AC worked really well. Interior is definitely needing some update but everything appears to be working but legitimately dated. Per front desk, upgrades are set for August. the elevators must be on the list to be upgraded because it is very slow and rocks a little.

club lounge on the 23rd floor had great views of São Paulo. Takes up half the floor so you can see the São Paulo skyline. Happy hour consisted of one daily pasta, a soup, some fried goods for hot items, and a fair amount of cold items such as salads cheese and meats charcuterie, lots of breads, specialty salads x 3, and some fruits and desserts. Enough for dinner if one ate too much at business lunches churrascaria ;). All day drinks available. Breakfast is also available in the lounge which consists of made to order eggs, and all the breakfast trimmings.

Breakfast can be had in the restaurant as well. while the restaurant downstairs is large, the offering is exactly the same as the lounge, except maybe a few extra juices and more cheese selection.

pool is small but crowded with mostly crew members there when I went. Gym was big but had a smell.

lots of restaurants within walking distance including Fogo de Chao. Lots of Brazilian meat and buffet places as well and Starbucks is diagonally across the street.

this place gets expensive. Booked at $250 a night but was going for $450’a night by check in date for a standard room. Lots of conferences and business people.

Lovely hotel - if you’re looking for a good location for tourism and pleasant walking, this is it. Here are my impressions and photos for my first hotel in my 69th country:

Pros:

• While I was upgraded to a Stanford Suite before arrival, I came in at 10 AM and the suite was occupied until 4 PM - they asked if I would be okay with a Madison Suite (a corner room actually) ready immediately - I was
• Bed is fantastic - plush mattress, plush pillows, really plush and thick covers
• Shower pressure is very nice and strong
• Lovely views as hotel is tall and seems to be on top of a hill
• Friendly check-in from Luna
• Offered late checkout to 4 proactively
• Welcome gift of chocolates
• Club is nice - enjoyed the evening vodka and passion fruit cocktail, breakfast (only Club) had good ham and cheese croissants and lovely ham and cheese omelets - coffee is Nespresso (though, I wasn’t a huge fan of the milk they were using)
• Large gym
• Great location in Jardins for walking

Neutral:

• Elevators are a bit shaky

Cons:

• Exchange rate nonsense - I ended up paying about 10 USD higher than I should have - I didn’t complain as I’m tired of raising a stink about these things and the exchange rate has been fluctuating a lot recently

Photos (please expand the Spoiler tag):